BRICS Summit to address the eroding U.S. dollar
In Africa and Asia, there is an increasing call to move away from the U.S. dollar and utilize local currencies for economic and financial transactions. South Africa’s upcoming August BRICS Summit plans to explore the launching of a common currency as a “trend to de-dollarize,” or to “erode the U.S. dollar’s (global) dominance.” The summit will be held in Johannesburg,...
U.S. accusation of South Africa selling weapons to Russia could be a ploy directed at upcoming BRICS summits
During a recent press briefing from South Africa, the U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, leveled accusations that weapons were being loaded onto a Russian vessel which is under U.S. sanctions. However, Redge Nkosi, a former member of the administration of Nelson Mandela, made the distinction that the vessel was “not sanctioned by the United Nations.” Nkosi was very...
An advocate for Africa
Economist Redge Nkosi expressed appreciation and admiration to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan for championing issues plaguing Africa. The Pretoria-based founder and executive director of First Source Money and Public Banking of South Africa spoke about the Muslim leader’s impact on the continent. “Minister (Louis) Farrakhan like many other African leaders including Malcolm X, and Dr. Martin Luther King...
Regional power is at the root of Sudan’s war
At the root of Sudan’s ongoing conflagration between its two opposing militaries is regional power. Sudan is the “crossroad” between Africa and the Middle East. According to Khalil Ch arles, Sudan’s strategic value manifests itself in the region through connections in commerce, trade and culture. As a research paper published by The Elliot School of International Affairs on pomeps.org...
Civilians caught in the middle of Sudan conflict
Recent Sudanese history paints the current conflict waging between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) as a “byproduct” of the political and military conditions brought about by the overthrow of former president Omar El Bashir in a military coup in the wake of a popular protest in April 2019. Residents in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital city,...
South Africa’s foreign minister on Russia, China and upcoming BRICS summit
In an opinion piece written by Oupa Ngwenya published April 9 in the South African Sunday World, the headline framed the country’s foreign minister as presenting “(the) clearest voice with a good aim to U.S. madness.” According to Ngwenya, a corporate strategist, writer, and freelance journalist, “no one should be surprised when Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor exhibits the same state...
The similarities between two apartheid regimes
Israeli officers beat worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, with batons and butts of riot guns, wounding many before arresting them, handcuffing over 400, and carting them off to jail. Their crime, reported Portside. org, was simply making Taraweeh prayers (night prayers) made during the holy month of Ramadan. Na'eem Jeenah is a senior researcher at the...
Burkina Faso expels reporters from French newspapers
Foreign reporters working for France’s ‘Le Monde’ and ‘Libération’ dailies have been expelled from Burkina Faso as part of measures the west African country has taken against French media. French newspaper Le Monde reported the expulsion on April 2, saying Burkina had told French correspondents to leave. “Our correspondent in Burkina Faso, Sophie Douce, has been expelled from the country ......
Ramadan in Africa comes with food shortages and rising costs
This year on the African continent, Ramadan, the annual month-long fast of the Muslim world, has come as food shortages and rising costs have left shoppers unable to splurge. During the four weeks of this sacred Islamic holy month, which is observed by nearly two billion Muslims worldwide, participants will abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk,...
America’s sordid history of embracing European colonialism and neocolonialism
America’s history of endorsing European colonialism and neocolonialism in face of the current scramble for Africa needs to be revisited. But to say U.S. endorsement without showing the material benefits the country derived as a “colonial accomplice,” is to give an incomplete narrative. Case in point, according to the book, “The United States and the Liquidation of European Colonial Rule...